Issue 3 May 2019

At Epping Secondary College our relationships and behaviours are guided by the values RESPECT, COMMITMENT, HONESTY, FAIRNESS AND PERSEVERANCE

MAY

Monday 27 - Wednesday 29 Y7 Camp Phillip Island

JUNE

Monday 6 Y11 Exams Begin

Thursday 6 CAPA Camp

Monday 6 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 11 Y11 Exams End

Wednesday 12 Y12 GAT EXAM Y10 Exams Begin

Friday 14 REPORT WRITING DAY

Wednesday 19 The BIG GIG Concert

Friday 21 Y10 Exams End

Monday 24 Y10 Work Experience

Wednesday 26 Y10 Parent Info Night 7pm

Friday 28 END TERM 2 1pm DISMISSAL

Epping Secondary College McDonalds Road Epping Victoria 3076 Phone: 94012599 Fax: 94086803 Email: epping.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au web: www.eppingsc.vic.edu.au

THEATRE STUDIES PRESENTS

Production probes life and explores deeper questions

VCE Theatre Studies Unit 3, Outcome 1 asks students to work across the stages of the production process - planning, development and presenta-tion - to interpret a script. Each student needs to take on two produc-tion roles and must demonstrate creativity, imagination and collabora-tion as they work towards presenting their piece of theatre as a produc-tion team. I have felt very lucky to have eight students who took to this task with enthusiasm and determination. Our chosen play ‘100’ by Petterle, Mon-aghan and Heimann asks you to reflect on life and death and invites you into a liminal place to consider your own actions and decisions. As the characters struggle to pinpoint what gave their lives meaning, you are asked to consider what your choice would be if you were given the same choice. The performances of ‘100’ were a great suc-cess with bigger crowds than we ex-pected and a lot of en-thusiastic discussion about the play’s mean-ing afterwards.

Reflections from each student on Page 3

Term 1 was a very positive term with all year levels starting the school year focused and committed.

The year 7 students have made an excellent start to their secondary schooling with a very smooth

transition and many complimentary comments made by their teachers and coordinators.

I attended the final Peer Support session and celebratory ceremony on Friday 16th May, where the

year 7 students came together for the final time with their year 10 leaders to celebrate and con-

clude the formal part of this program. The students shared their experiences and reflections of the

program and enjoyed pizzas.

Unfortunately, our usual end of term assembly did not take place due to an emergency situation

that developed in the area. A chemical plant in Campbellfield had caught fire and the toxic fumes that it was emitting was

placing surrounding communities at risk. Thankfully, the Epping area was not affected as the winds were blowing in the

opposite direction. It was quite a coincidence that we had conducted a drill on the Wednesday prior to this event, and in

fact the drill was based on responding to a chemical spill. I am pleased to say that our staff and students followed the

emergency instructions with great maturity and effectiveness. The school conducts different types of drills throughout

the year responding to different threats and emergencies so that our community is well prepared to act appropriately

keeping everyone safe.

The beginning of term 2 has been busy with special student performances, NAPLAN, Student Surveys, Camps, many ex-

cursions, mentoring programs and parent workshops to name a few of the many events taking place.

As part of the VCE Theatre Studies Course, year 12 students performed a very complex and sophisticated play titled

“100” over three nights to members of our school community. I was privileged to be part of the audience on the first

night and was blown away by the standard of their work. This performance was outstanding from the set design, to the

costumes and the acting, all of which were a powerful representation of the very mature concepts the play was explor-

ing. I was extremely proud of our students taking on such an ambitious project and talking about it afterwards with great

excitement and passion.

All year 7 and 9 students sat the Numeracy and Literacy NAPLAN tests in week 4. In order to support students with these

tasks, the literacy and Numeracy leaders analysed last years’ tests and developed activities for students to complete dur-

ing their English and Maths classes. This has helped prepare students and assist them in completing the tasks to the best

of their ability. The individual and school level results will be distributed to students and schools in August. We explained

to our students that the most important thing is that they do their very best and then use their results to identify where

they need to focus their efforts so that they can continue to improve.

During the term, students also completed the Student Attitude To School Surveys which provide the school with im-

portant information around how the students feel about their teachers, their learning, their connectedness to school,

bullying and other aspects of school life. Only the school receives the results of this survey. We analyse the feedback giv-

en and make every effort to respond to what our students are telling us. We also have students complete the PIVOT sur-

veys for every teacher which also gives us good feedback and helps inform what we do as teachers to support students in

their learning.

The Tuning Into Teens workshops for parents, staff and students continued this term and we have received very positive

feedback from all groups. We are hoping that this work that we are doing with Melbourne University will help all of us

understand our young people better and learn strategies that are more effective in responding to their emotional and

social needs.

Helene Alamidis

PRINCIPAL

On the 29th and 30th of April, Ben Pettingill, the motivational speaker, vis-ited Epping Secondary to speak to the Year 8 students about seeing things from a new perspective. Ben spoke about his life as a blind person and his achievements to help inspire the Year 8 students to look at things from the inside out rather than from the outside in. To see things from the inside out is to look at a person or situation, not by how they look but what they have to offer. Being blind has helped Ben realise how to not just accept new situations but how to embrace them. Ben told the Year 8 students that although he may have lost 98% of his eyesight, using vision powered by mindset rather than eyesight now helps him see clearer than ever be-fore. Liv Rizzo and Hannah O’Bree 8A

‘100’ offered me the opportunity to develop on-stage character transformations through the char-acters Ketu, Jerry, and the racer. I enjoyed exploring ‘100’, and how meaning was established through the intensity and direction of diverse types of lighting. – Lachlan

100 took a long and successful journey. Everyone had a job and those jobs I believe managed to successfully put the play together from direction to set to lighting to sound and props. - Isaac

I performed as multiple roles in the play '100'. Through my experience, I have discovered the true meaning of communication and teamwork and since the interpretation, I have learnt to consider the meaning of life itself which I believe is the true meaning behind this play. – Tanika Year 12 Theatre Studies put on 3 highly successful performances of '100'. The reviews were excep-tional and the class is very satisfied by their achievements. We thank everyone who came to see it, and hope you got something out of it. – Natalie

100 was a great experience that I thoroughly enjoyed and would love to get a chance to do it again. The cast was amazing and even though there were some mistakes they were mistakes that made the shows as enjoyable as they were. – Kat

100 was an amazing experience, we worked hard to portray an existentialistic view of the world which enhanced the comedy and sense of dread for both the audience and the cast. – Liam

This was a play that allowed us to explore themes of death and suicide which are topics that are openly discussed in school. This was a great opportunity for us to express our take on issues that affect the wider community . – Mia

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Dalton (Blue)

Carlisle (White)

Pindari (Purple)

Scarborough (Red)

Tatlow (Yellow)

Findon (Green)

Macbeth – Year 11 English Our Year 11 cohort were able to experience our tyrannical and malicious tragic hero Macbeth in the flesh. On 7th May, our library’s quiet and studious environment was transformed into one of drama and boisterousness, echoing the atmosphere of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre. When learning Wil-liam Shakespeare, it is not enough to sit in class and read each scene aloud. Examining the tragic flaws of guilt, overreaching ambition and betrayal in ‘Macbeth’ requires physical space for action, projection of voice for emotion and relevant props and costumes for historical context. This is precisely what our cohort were exposed to and even had the chance to participate in. The Bookworm Theatre Company presented students with a life “full of sound and fury signifying noth-ing” and how our ambitions can steer us to fulfil “black and deep desires”. We thank them immense-ly for this experience. Most significantly, a massive thank you to our participating audience, the year 11 cohort, who made this all possible with their “DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE! FIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE!” enthusiasm!

Romeo and Juliet – Year 10 English

The Romeo and Juliet play was presented by Bookworm Theatre Company. From the book to a visu-al, the play allowed us to obtain a greater understanding of the story with a comparison of the Shakespearian and plain English versions. Some scenes were acted out as if they were events in the 21st century to give us context and then exactly from the play to wrap our heads around the events that occurred. A comedic and uplifting approach was used to make us enjoy the play by making it quirky and adding in some jokes. Students were also involved to help bring the play to life.

Stacey Tzotzis 10I

The climate is changing, why aren’t we?

This term, we have been learning about climate change and how it effects earth. This is a major topic of conversation around the globe. Climate change is a change in weather patterns caused by greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, etc.). Did you know? The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere, as of 2018, is the highest it has been in 3 million years. Animals are losing their habitat and WE could lose many of our islands and countries with ocean borders. With car-bon dioxide in our atmosphere and our sea levels rising, we are destined for disas-ter, however, there is hope. YOU can make a difference, by washing your clothes in cold water or buying biodegradables products or even something as simple as posting about climate change on your Facebook or Instagram. Spread the word to save our earth! Bailee Capp 10A

SPECIAL OFFER: Madman Entertainment and Palace Cinemas have partnered to announce that school-aged students will be able to see the new film 2040 without charge on opening weekend at Palace Cinema locations around the country*.* One paying adult must attend with each student to redeem a free ticket. The offer is not available for online transactions and tickets must be purchased at the cine-ma box office. Tickets on sale from Tuesday May 21st. The initiative coincides with the global advent of student-led climate change action and the fact that the

film has resonated strongly with youth audiences at national Q&A preview screenings hosted by

Gameau and other experts.

Gameau reflects on the positive reaction to 2040 from the student population:

“We made this film to show a hopeful view of the future, and nobody can impact that more than the

youth of today. We are getting passionate respons-

es and great insights from students after early pre-

view screenings, so we are thrilled to be working

with Palace to make sure as many young people as

possible can see the film and be inspired to join the

regeneration.”

Palace Cinemas’, CEO, Benjamin Zeccola, indicated

that the alignment felt right: “From solar panels to

recycling programs, Palace Cinemas have long been

committed to incorporating sustainable practises and

we are thrilled to be able to support the next-

generation of leaders and cinema-goers in making a

positive change.”

During term 1, students in the Staying Safe and Respectful class were in-volved in the new Road Smart unit. The students learnt about driving, what is involved with being a driver or road user and the risks that come along with being a road user. This unit consisted of a range of different topics that the students learnt about from safety features in cars to learn-ing about the different road rules. Throughout the term all students had completed a booklet which was broken up into different topics that in-volved activities to do with learning about road rules, safe cars and differ-ent scenarios. We watched and looked at many ads that involve driving, crash rates and how they impact today’s society and public view on driv-ing. Before going to our practical session at Epping Markets, we partici-pated in an in-class session with Carmel from Vic Roads who refreshed us on road rules and spoke to us on the risks involved. On 29th March, we attended Road Smart @ Epping Markets to drive with a trained instructor. Personally I learnt so much from this unit, it was a very eye opening expe-rience to learn about the crash rates and many road rules that I was not aware of. Celeste Canals-McInnes

The road smart Unit began in week 7 of term 1. The students in the Stay-ing Safe and Respectful class looked at Victoria’s road rules and how we can be safe while using the road correctly. The unit consisted of 3 weeks of in class sessions where we worked on a booklet completing scenarios and tasks across 10 lessons about driving or using Victorian roads safely. It was followed by an in class session with a Vic roads advisor for 72-minutes on 26th March and a Vic roads 1-hour session at the Melbourne Markets Epping. We concluded with a 15-minute diving lesson each with an instructor on Friday, 29th March. Jai Mawdsley 10K

This year the year 10 Tasmanian camp took place from Monday 6th till Friday 10th May, with over 40 students attending and four of our lovely teachers. The camp was an opportunity for the students to make life long memories with new and old friends. Whilst on the way to Port Melbourne to board the Princess of Tasmania, everyone was full of nerves, anticipation and excite-ment. Once aboard all the students were very eager to explore the ship, stand on the decks, visit their friend’s cabins com-paring rooms and overall have a good time. Amongst all the excitement many of the group were nervous to set sail and possibly experience motion sickness but thankfully everyone was fine. In Tasmania we had our bus driver, Simon for the full week. He soon became fond of our group and spent a lot of time with us, even though students often argued over what music was playing or who was play-ing it on the bus trips to and from loca-tions. The most memorable of our many excur-

sions was the day trip to Port Arthur, where we learnt about the history of the settlement days as well as recent events. In two groups everyone took part in a ghost tour that night, the cold weather and dark skies made everyone edgy. During our tour Mr. Cooke had the hilarious idea to wear a mask and scare the two groups while in a dungeon. The second group (my group) had very mixed reactions with some people trying to act as though they didn’t get scared whilst some hid behind others in fear. While at our cabins either in the morning or at night, not many people were in their assigned cab-ins either going to their friends or even the teachers with everyone just wanting to hang out and enjoy the company of friends. Another very memorable experience was that of going to Mt Wellington on Thursday, our last day there. Although it was freezing and the majority of the group was inside in the viewing area, it would be hard to deny the beauty of the views we were able to see. The trip back to Melbourne was expected to be not as smooth compared to our journey to Tasma-nia so many people were a bit nervous but everyone sat with their friends a lot of which were play-ing UNO and soon the nerves were gone. The students and teachers headed to their cabins for the last night of sleep on this camp and before we knew it we were on our way back to school ready for the weekend. Poppy Lozanovksi

The Peer Support program involved Year 10 Peer Support leaders taking three Year 7 classes with the aim of mentoring students in adapting to the high school environment. Year 10 leaders planned and delivered ses-sions centred on mindfulness, team building, the School-Wide Positive Behaviour (SWPBS) matrix and more. On Friday 17th May, Year 10 Peer Support leaders and Year 7 students came together for a celebration of the Peer Support program that has ran throughout Term 1. Students were invited to share their experience with their peers, classroom teachers and our principal Ms Alamidis. Students participated in a reflection. The feedback received was that “we enjoyed getting to know other stu-dents”, “playing games”, “I enjoyed the activities and how they incorporated learning into the mix”, “the fun activities”, “the conversations” and “getting to meet new people”. Some of the messages students took away with them were, ”Year 7 isn’t so scary”, “be supportive and nice” , “respect the school values”, “be kind”, “teamwork is fun”, “have fun”, “learn to work with other people”, “we all go through hard times ” and “never give up/you’re not alone”. As Year 10 leaders, our final thoughts are that Peer Support was a fun and rewarding experience and we rec-ommend all students participate if they get the chance.

Jordan Schimming & Madison Sami Year 10 Peer Support Leaders

Year 10 leaders were awarded with their certificates for demonstrating outstanding leadership skills.

Role Play

The Hands on HEADSS program is a partnership with Melbourne University and The Northern Hospital where intern doctors nearing graduation came to the school to join the lesson. The program is to help soon to be doctors with how to get deep and personal information from teenagers without making them uncomfortable during an appointment. Students were prepared with a scenario and role-played being Jo. The doctors used questions as a guide to ask us which made it seem like a real life situation. The Hands on HEADSS program gave students the experience of what go-ing to the doctors will be like so I can visit in the future without worry. It allowed the doctors to have perspective and receive feedback from a teenager’s point of view. I learnt a lot about why doctors ask personal questions or even why they ask generalised questions first. Overall the lesson was an amazing opportunity that gave the intern doctors and the ESC students experience which will help them in their future as doctors and patients.

Lina Dirani 10D

Ghost Tour On 8th May, Marvellous Melbourne students trav-

elled to the city to take part in a ghost tour to learn

about Melbourne’s haunted past. We were divided into two groups, each with our own tour

guide. We walked to different locations around the city and were told many weird and creepy

horror stories about Melbourne’s past. It was a very interesting experience and we had no

idea how dark Melbourne’s past really was.

Amani Ali 9E

During term 1, we were involved in planning and organising our Year 11 VCAL Retreat. This work ena-bled us to get into groups and work together to re-search and plan a week of ‘getting to know each other’ fun activities, yummy meals and interact with community groups. On Monday, 1st April and Friday, 5th April, the Year 11 VCAL students went on the retreat based at ONTTC. We had 4 groups within the class - 2 of them organised activities and 2 cooked meals for breakfast and lunch. My group planned the breakfast. Monday we planned to make pancakes and then on the Friday we made toasties. On our first day there, we had guest speakers for the day. They joined us for breakfast and did some activities with us. The speaker from ‘Fit 2 Drive’ joined us and educated us on road safety. Later on a representative had joined us from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. They were talking to us about things related to driving such as car crashes, what’s dan-gerous/less dangerous on the road, situations where we’ve been in a car and felt uncomfortable, reflex games and so on. Overall, it was a fun week of great activities.

Rosie Velardi 11V

On Wednesday, 27th March, the Path-ways students went on camp to Ballarat. The camp focused on 5 main things for us to learn about and experience during our 3 day stay. The first activity was a visit to the Eure-ka Centre where we saw the actual Eure-ka flag that was made in the 1850’s. At the Eureka Centre we also learnt how the voting worked during the gold rush peri-od, how democracy works and why it is important to us as a country. We also learnt that not all people had the right to vote and that a democracy plays a big part in a war. We also used democracy to pick our house captain. On the second day we went to Sovereign Hill where we watched a gold pouring tour that showed us how a bullion is formed. The bullion weighed 3kg of gold and was valued at $180k! Jacque and Kai were lucky enough to actually hold it! The main reason for our visit to Sovereign Hill was to do our CAT that was very hands on. Our task was to walk around the site questioning the staff who were dressed in period costume and who had different roles to play, about their life-styles and what happened back in their time. After the Sovereign Hill trip we went to a Gold Museum which had a lot of history about the Ballarat Township and we also saw a lot of framed gold nuggets and paintings that were pretty cool. Later that day we went to the Sovereign Hill Aura Night show that took us through an Aboriginal dreamtime story. It also taught us about the science behind the gold through a 4D screening which was really interesting and fun. The last activity for the camp was a confidence course that our teachers had set up for us. We had to work as a team to get through a tyre without touching it. As a team we came up with the idea of lifting our classmates through the tyre on to the other side. What was the most exciting part of the confidence course was seeing Darcy’s circus act as he was the only one who hadn’t gone through the tyre and without the teachers help he jumped straight through the tyre leaving the other side and joining us as we completed the course together.

Written by EJ Arifoski

Congratulations to the following VCAL students for participating in the ABCN-Focus on Women in Leadership program: Marlina Kapoulas, Alannah Scordo, Rosie Velardi, Alyssa Young, Danielle Constantinidis, Megan Hooper, Rim Wannous, Zainab Ahmed, Megan Burns, Chloe Manuel, Caitlan McLauchlan, Alexandra Pontinelli, Jessica Anne Romeo, Vesna Am-ituanai Tafili and Amanda Lauleva Samuela. These students are completing the following as part of this program:

Epping Secondary College would like to thank ABCN and KPMG for this amazing opportunity for our VCAL students. Mrs Hysen VCAL Coordinator

Focus Session 1:Introduction to Leadership

Session Overview: Key Message/Aim

Leaders and leadership takes many forms and involves a variety of attributes. Understanding common leadership “themes” helps us to reflect on our own leadership style.

Focus Session 2: Realising Strengths and Developing Leadership

Session Overview: Key Message/Aim

Having an awareness of our personal strengths helps us to realise what we are good at and what we enjoy doing. Having awareness of our weaknesses helps us to develop our leader-ship capabilities.

Session 3: Your Leadership Picture

Session Overview: Key Message/Aim

Building a picture of how we see ourselves as leaders helps us to un-derstand where we are now as leaders. It also helps to ‘lay the path’ for where we want to go.

Each semester students from the VCAL & Future Directions program elect to support the school through their participation in the Environmental elec-tive. Most students enjoy this as it allows them to be involved in “Hands On” work and also enables them to work outdoors and not be always stuck in the classroom. Students are involved in many different tasks, including –

Planting, maintaining and upkeep of the Pathways vegetable garden behind the Gym.

Re mulching of school gardens. Painting of Trip Hazards and Outdoor Furniture. Clearing and cleaning of drains. Recycling paper from staff offices to the recycle bins. Trimming bushes and trees around the school.

CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS NEWS The Creative and Performing Arts department has had a busy and exciting past few weeks at Epping Secondary Col-lege. There have been excursions, incursions and performances running almost every week for students to experi-ence what the arts have to offer outside of the classroom!

Our VCE students are currently building up their folios and journals of evidence in our Theatre Studies, Studio Arts, Visual Communication Design and Media subjects, and we have hit the ground running in Term 2. Here are some of the things our students have been up to in the arts at ESC…

Art / Studio Arts: Students went to see the top performing VCE students from 2018 at the Top Arts exhibition in Federation Square. These folios and artworks are great to get access to as students gain a solid understanding of what a high-achieving folio looks like – and of course that these goals are achievable!

Drama / Theatre Studies: Theatre Studies stu-dents have recently completed one of the Areas of Study for the year. Together they worked toward creating an interpretation of Neil Monaghan and Christopher Heimann’s play ‘100’ which explores life, death, the limbo state and our life’s most cher-ished memories. The play was confronting, exciting and thought-provoking. Students delivered the play to the ESC school community on 3 occasions in April and wowed audiences with their profession-alism, stage-craft and dedication to their studies. We congratulate the VCE Theatre Studies students and their teacher Sara-Jane Smith on their outstanding work.

Visual Communication Design: The Viscom students have been hard at work – particularly in the senior years. Year 10 & 11 students participated in a Copic Marker workshop recently with Tania from Zart art. The work-shop allows students to explore the variety the Copic Markers have to offer and develop their core rendering skills to build up tone and texture in their communications. Year 12 Viscom students are currently underway with their folios for the year. They recently went to the Melbourne Muse-um to see the Top Designs forum and folio works – where they were able to see some of the highest-scoring works from 2018. Students also went to Torrens University to participate in a packaging workshop which al-lowed students to brainstorm, develop and present a packaging concept

in order to develop their critical & creative thinking and prepare them for the year ahead.

Music / VET Music: Music staff and students have been busy rehearsing for their annual ‘Big Gig’ which showcases the talents of our students (and staff!) at the Epping Memorial Hall on 19th June. Our students have been working tirelessly to perfect their performances in time for the show. This year we are anticipating a big one as we bid fare-well to our talented instrumental teacher George Infanti who has been with the college for years inspiring young musicians with his expert knowledge. The Big Gig is one of the biggest events on the college calendar and this year we can’t wait to show our community what our students have to offer.

CAPA camp 2019: The Creative and Performing Arts camp preparations are well under way and we are looking forward to bringing our students into the city for an arts experience from all our arts subjects! Watch this space for an article on how the camp went!

Cara Gallina CAPA Key Learning Area Leader

During Term 2, as part of their Personal Development Program 12Y will be participating in the Scope Young Ambassadors Program. On Tuesday, 30th April, they participated in their first workshop with Scope. Scope’s education programs are an opportunity like no other! They are co-presented by people with disabilities and the program provides students with an opportunity to see everyday life through the eyes of people with a disability. Students will hear real life stories from the presenters and gain confidence and life-long skills to over-come barriers in their own lives. The activity based workshops change thinking and behaviour and create more inclusive, accepting and welcoming communities. The program also gives the students the opportunity to design and implement inclusive activities for a group of people with disabilities enabling the students to develop

valuable leadership, planning and organisation skills and put into practice what they have learned about interacting with people with special needs. Through this practical experience they gain the opportunity to work alongside people with a disability and practise newly developed skills at an arranged community service visit. The students really en-joyed their first workshop and look forward to sharing their experiences with our school community via the newsletter and at student assemblies. Thank you to Grace Edis for organising this valuable activity and opportunity for 12Y.

On April 29th 11Y as part of their Personal Development studies visited Food Bank Victoria. It is the main distri-bution centre in Victoria that collects, stores and dis-tributes food and sanitary items to charities who pro-vide support to people who struggle to access three meals a day. The students heard about the different groups in our society who suffer food insecurity and

how Food Bank supports people in need. The students will be conducting a Food Donation Drive in conjunction with the SRC in which all of our school community will be asked to donate a non- perish-able item so that we are able to help Food Bank provide for families in need. The students were wonderful ambassa-dors for our school and look forward to helping to make a difference to people in need.

Ms Rehak — Future Directions & Integration Coordinator

Young Ambassadors

Program

It is great to see everyone start this term on a high like last term. As was mentioned in the previous news-letter report, the SRC was looking forward to helping out at the School Athletics with stalls in Term 1. It proved to be very successful.

Last term, the SRC was invited to take part in an SRC cluster excursion. The SRC cluster is when all SRCs from different schools meet and share ideas and talk about their own school. It is great to obtain a different variety of opinions and new ideas for your school.

Currently in the SRC meetings, we are preparing and planning for Multicultural Day that will be taking place later this term. It is a great opportunity for different students with different cultures to come together and share their culture. It will include cultural dances on the day so if you want to partake in one of the dances, please let Mrs Smith, a Year 12 College Captain or a member of the SRC know. If you have any questions also ask one of those people listed above. Any student from any year Llevel is accepted.

We are looking forward to another SRC cluster possibly this term. The same schools will be attending and it

might be taking place at our school. It will be a great chance for the other SRC representatives to see our

school and share their ideas and opinions on how to improve the school.

Written by Mayah Obamwonyi -7E

Congratulations to Zainab from 12W for winning the prize of a movie voucher as a

result of her participation in the Youth Employment Opportunities Fair

and Careers Expo.

Mrs Hysen VCAL Coordinator

As part of an area of study with the Pathways class, we decided to rule our class-room into 1-metre square blocks. This was an interactive lesson for the students. Prior to starting the measuring activity, we all estimated the amount of squares there would be. This exercise helped students understand the relationship be-tween using the correct unit of measurement and the value of square metres when applied to buying a block of land (or similar). It was Ervin Paratusic who was closest to guessing the square metres.

On Friday 8th March, we celebrated all things WOMEN. We invited our Applied Learning Students to make and prepare a morning tea to celebrate the wonderful and empowering female stu-dents. We celebrated with our students hosting a morning tea full of scones. We had Nutella, raspberry jam, strawberry jam and plain scones on offer. We believe our female students have an amaz-ing opportunity in society to be positive role models and ensure the future upcoming gener-ations are an inspiration.

We have 10 students completing VETiS (Vocational Education and Training in Schools) at Victoria Polytechnic this year. Our students are completing courses, which include Beauty and Make-Up. At the end of their two-year program stu-dents will walk away with a certified Certificate III, which is the minimum require-ment to work in these fields. Students are able to use a range of products and procedures to ensure they are

successfully completing the units. Students regularly require models to come in

with them to have services completed. On Wednesday 3rd April, Ms Mitrevski and

Ms Edis were models for our students. We were lucky to have a spa pedicure and

manicure treatment by our student Emily Gillard. Emily worked tirelessly to en-

sure we had the best-looking nails! She was diligent and precise. Emily was then

marked on her competence of her services and passed with flying colours. Overall,

it was a fun experience to help ensure our students are successful in gaining skills

they will require for their future.

Tuning in to Teens is a Whole School Approach promoting a communication style that facilitates ado-lescent emotional development. Epping Secondary College has formed a partnership with Dr Christiane Kehoe from Melbourne University to deliver the Tuning in to Teens program. Staff participated in two workshops and parents had the opportunity to attend three workshops. Year 8 students are currently

participating in the Adolescent program in ISELF classes during Term 2.

A key focus of the Adolescent program is to build emotional intelligence and facilitate the develop-ment of skills to recognise, understand and manage emotions. The program equips students with

knowledge about how to communicate emotions, the functions emotions serve and the importance of tuning into emotions to manage anxiety, sadness and anger.

Dr Christiane Kehoe is surveying staff, parents and students who consented to participate in question-naires. Epping Secondary College will continue to collaborate with Dr Christiane Kehoe to determine the outcomes of the program. I would like to thank all parents who attended workshops to improve

wellbeing outcomes for their children. Leanne Halsall

Student Wellbeing Coordinator

WHITTLESEA DIVISION CROSS-COUNTRY The Whittlesea Division Cross-Country was held on 29th April, at Bundoora Park. We were very well represented with

29 students competing across all age groups. Jemma Gonzalez absolutely dominated her event winning by a huge mar-

gin. The pleasing aspect of the day was a large majority of our students have qualified for the NMR Cross-Country, to be

held on 19th June.

ATHLETICS DAY The Epping Secondary College House Athletics Carnival was again a huge success! Students competed in a range of track and field events in their house colours, attempting to earn points for their house. The overall winner for the day was DALTON, who managed to earn 636 points across all of the events, defeating Car-

lisle by just 6 points in the closest Athletics Day in school history. Keresoma Keresoma of year 9, started his State Final

defence in strong fashion by throwing a personal best of 13 metres in Shotput. Congratulations to the students listed

below, who were able to win their events qualifying for the next round.

Laurie Naismith - Sports Coordinator

AGE GROUP

100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 1st

12/13 Boys

ANTONIOU, Cyrus

DAFOVSKI, Christian

ARIFOSKI, Ethem

ARIFOSKI, Ethem

DAFOVSKI, Christian

12/13 Girls

OBAMWONYI, Mayah

OBAMWONYI, Mayah

WILLIAMS, Sharni

WILLIAMS, Sharni

MACDONALD, Anika

14 Boys PEYIOTIS, Harris

IBRAHIM, Mohammed

TSIGROS, Daniel

ARIFOSKI, Yakub

(Please see Mr Naismith)

14 Girls SMITH, Hayley

SMITH, Hayley

GROVES, Bridie

GROVES, Bridie

GROVES, Bridie

15 Boys FAHINA, Paula

FAHINA, Paula

COUSINS, Tyler

DUMEZWENI, Vuyisile

BEVILACQUA, Andre

15 Girls WATTS, Allanah

WATTS, Allanah

GONZALEZ, Jemma

GONZALEZ, Jemma

RYAN, Jenna

16 Boys DAY, Jayden

DAY, Jayden

DAY, Jayden

COMPTON-ROBINS, Adam

COMPTON-ROBINS, Adam

16 Girls LAMBROU, Anastasia

LAMBROU, Anastasia

LAMBROU, Anastasia

JACOBSON, Stephanie

JACOBSON, Stephanie

17 Boys DIXON RYAN, Jesse

COOKE, Slava

COOPER, Kai

COOPER, Kai

BEVILACQUA, Matthew

17 Girls GIONTA, Agnes

GIONTA, Agnes

FRANK, Louise

FRANK, Louise

FRANK, Louise

18 Boys AL-ASADI, Mohamad

AL-ASADI, Mohamad

AL-ASADI, Mohamad

ZOTO, Dion

CANNATA, Issac

18 Girls BRIMBLE, Emma

MATTHEWS, Jaymee

MATTHEWS, Jaymee

MATTHEWS, Jaymee

MATTHEWS, Jaymee

Discus 12-13 Boys

MATAGI, Kwilyn

High Jump - 12-13 Boys

DAFOVSKI, Christian

Triple Jump 12-13 Boys

GLOUFTSIS, James

Long Jump 12-13 Boys

DAFOVSKI, Christian

Shot Put – 12/13 Boys

ARNOLD, Caleb

Discus 12-13 Girls

MOORE, Mariah

High Jump - 12-13 Girls

THAPA, Panisha

Triple Jump 12-13 Girls

THAPA, Panisha

Long Jump 12-13 Girls

THAPA, Panisha

Shot Put – 12/13 Girls

PAKA, Miriam

Discus 14 Boys PEYIOTIS,

Harris

High Jump -

14 Boys

PEYIOTIS, Harris

Triple Jump

14 Boys

TSIGROS, Daniel

Long Jump

14 Boys

TSIGROS, Daniel

Shot Put - 14

Boys FALAH ZADEH, Ali

Discus 14 Girls NOUN,

Junnifar

High Jump -

14 Girls

DOWDELL, Tiffany

Triple Jump

14 Girls

ACHIENG, Tracy

Long Jump

14 Girls

SMITH, Hayley

Shot Put - 14

Girls PAKA, Miriam

Discus 15 Boys MATAGI,

Preston

High Jump -

15 Boys

OBAMWONYI, Luis

Triple Jump -

15 Boys

MESQUITA, Aiden

Long Jump

15 Boys

TANG, Yiming

Shot Put - 15

Boys KERESOMA, Keresoma

Discus 15 Girls STEPHENS,

Huia

High Jump -

15 Girls

STEPHENS, Huia

Triple Jump

15 Girls

STEPHENS, Huia

Long Jump

15 Girls

WATTS, Allanah

Shot Put - 15

Girls MILOSESKI, Jana

Discus 16 Boys SALERNO,

Massimo

High Jump -

16 Boys

DAY, Jayden

Triple Jump

16 Boys

SALIH, Aidan

Long Jump

16 Boys

GININ, Angel

Shot Put - 16

Boys ASANI, Eldi

Discus 16 Girls

High Jump -

16 Girls

LAMBROU, Anastasia

Triple Jump

16 Girls

RAZMOVSKA, Jessica

Long Jump -

16 Girls

LAMBROU, Anastasia

Shot Put - 16

Girls TOELEIU, Star

Discus 17 Boys SINDRIVANIS,

Daniel

High Jump -

17 Boys

PILLI, Luka

Triple Jump

17 Boys

COOPER, Kai

Long Jump

17 Boys

COOKE, Slava

Shot Put - 17

Boys PILLI, Luka

Discus 17 Girls

High Jump -

17 Girls

GIONTA, Agnes

Triple Jump

17 Girls

AJACK, Achol

Long Jump

17 Girls

LAMBROU, Anastasia

Shot Put - 17

Girls PENIATA, Melissa

Discus 18 Boys SINDRIVANIS,

Marcus

High Jump -

18 Boys

SINDRIVANIS, Marcus

Triple Jump

18 Boys

GOODWIN, Bailey

Long Jump

18 Boys

ZOTO, Dion

Shot Put - 18

Boys SINDRIVANIS, Marcus

Discus 18 Girls AIOLUPOTEA,

Mele

High Jump -

18 Girls

BRIMBLE, Emma

Triple Jump

18 Girls

SMYTH, Chloe

Long Jump

18 Girls

LAMBROU, Anastasia

Shot Put - 18

Girls KEARNEY, Paije

Carlisle

Cobras

Dalton

Dragons

Pindari

Panthers

Scarborough

Scorpions

Tatlow

Tigers

Findon

Falcons

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Come one, come all to the “Big Gig” showcasing the musical talents of our college community. It is with great pleasure to invite parents to our annual yearly event which will have many students perform at our Music Concert Showcase. The yearly event will take place this term on Wednesday 19th June, at the elegant “Manor on High”, 519 High St Epping - GEORGIAN ROOM, beginning at 7.15pm and concluding at 9.45pm (maybe a little earlier). During intermission there will be tea, coffee and treats available for all in the foyer of the Georgian Room. I would like to encourage as much attendance as possible as this evening helps stu-dents develop their confidence as performers by playing in front of a live audience. Also we sadly farewell our devoted and loyal Instrumental teacher George Infanti who will be retiring after 21 years of service to the college. George has been influen-tial in delivering lessons in drums, bass, guitar and also in running many bands for all our college events over the years. He has tirelessly given so much of his energy, in-stilled passion and has also skilled up students who are now strong performers in the music industry. He will be sadly missed and we wish him a wonderful retirement filled with healthy, happy and magical days ahead. Although the event is free for all the college, we will be accepting any gold coin do-nations on the night which will go towards the Music Faculty in purchasing instru-ments and musical resources needed to deliver our engaging program. For any enquiries please feel free to contact Ross Talarico (Music Coordinator) on 94012599 or you can email me at talarico.ross.r@edumail.vic.gov.au. Looking forward to seeing you all on the night. Mr Talarico Music Coordinator